> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thrizer.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to sign up for Thrizer

> How clients and clinicians get started on Thrizer: the client invitation flow, the Client Portal, and clinician account and practice setup.

## Signing up as a client

Your Thrizer client experience is connected to your clinician, and that
connection starts with an invitation from them:

1. **Your clinician adds you in Thrizer.** This sends an email invitation to
   the address they entered for you. Search your inbox and spam folder for
   "Thrizer", your clinician's name, or their practice name if you don't see
   it.
2. **Sign in to the [Client Portal](https://client.thrizer.com/)** using the
   same email address your clinician used.
3. **Accept the connection.** The pending connection appears in your
   **Clinicians** list, where you can select **Accept**. Pending clinician
   invitations also appear on your Home page.

Clients cannot search for or add a clinician on their own from the Client
Portal — if you haven't received an invitation, ask your clinician to add you
in Thrizer.

Once you're in, complete your setup: add your insurance plan if you want
Thrizer to check out-of-network benefits or support claims, add a payment
method, and add a reimbursement bank account if Thrizer should send
reimbursements to you. See [Getting started as a
client](/help/client/getting-started) for the full walkthrough.

## Signing up as a clinician

Clinicians and practices set up their own account in the
[Clinician Portal](https://clinician.thrizer.com):

1. **Complete account and profile setup.**
2. **Complete business and banking setup** if you are a practice
   administrator. You don't have to finish practice setup on the day you sign
   up — at the **Create Practice** step you can select **I'm not ready to set
   up my practice**, then sign back in later and select **Set up my practice**
   to pick up where you left off.
3. **Add your clients** — adding a client sends them their email invitation.

Practice Administrators must submit business information and have it approved
by Thrizer before the practice can charge clients. See [Getting started as a
clinician](/help/clinician/getting-started) for the full onboarding steps, or
try the [clinician onboarding
demo](/help/getting-started/onboarding-demo-clinician).

## Not sure which applies to you?

If you're receiving care and want to pay a provider or get reimbursed for
out-of-network sessions, you're a **client** — start with the invitation flow
above, and see the [Thrizer overview](/help/getting-started/overview) for
what Thrizer does for you. If you provide care and want to offer Thrizer to
the people you see, you're a **clinician** — to check which clinician and
provider types can use Thrizer, see [Who can use
Thrizer](/help/getting-started/who-can-use-thrizer).